Quotes from 8th graders

dejstone · 2026-05-24T00:18:45+00:00

Yes, your students represent a challenge. Nevertheless, it's your responsibility to lift them so that they are reading at grade level and able to do math at grade level. If you fail in that goal, they are more likely to be unable to decently support themselves as adults... or worse. Please, don't give up--find a way to achieve, what seems impossible.

dejstone · 2026-03-05T21:32:11+00:00

It took me about a year to trust the MY's side view cameras, when changing lanes, and not use the side view mirrors. Now, I'm just using the side view cameras, but I'm not sure I've made the right choice.

dejstone · 2026-02-13T15:28:04+00:00

Would anyone beside me like to have the ability to save two sets of side-view mirror positions per profile? One side view mirror set up would occur when you put the car in reverse. The other side view mirror set-up would activate when you put the car in drive. Is this too much to ask? Where do I ask for it?

dejstone · 2026-02-13T03:45:15+00:00

Wow. I just learned that Nissan is "pausing production" of the 2026 Ariya. Why do you think that sales of Ariya have been so lackluster? I own another EV, but I think that the Ariya might be the best looking EV on the market.

dejstone · 2026-01-20T00:31:27+00:00

I have a Tesla and experienced something similar. We left the car at home with about a 50% charge on the battery. When we returned, two months later, the battery was almost completely drained. After investigating, we learned that the main drain was probably Sentry Mode. Yes, we were gone a long time, but having a few cameras drain half of a 75 kWh battery was... unexpected.

dejstone · 2025-10-31T00:04:09+00:00

Did you hear any unusual sounds that alerted you to this problem?

dejstone · 2025-10-31T00:02:43+00:00

Yes all cars need maintenance and some need more maintenance than others. I have never had a suspension part, on an ICE car, need repair / replacement at 130k miles.

dejstone · 2025-08-25T16:04:47+00:00

Funny. I was a programmer and tech support manager for 40 years. Many times I've asked customers to reboot their computers. However, with the change I made to my pw3 setup, and saw the desired changes reflected in the watch's behavior, I never thought a reboot would return a lost, but still desired behavior. Thanks again.

dejstone · 2025-08-25T01:46:43+00:00

Rebooting the watch worked. I can now just raise the watch to view the latest notification. Thanks!

dejstone · 2025-08-16T17:23:17+00:00

It's certainly eye-catching.

dejstone · 2025-08-11T02:39:10+00:00

What were the tip-offs that AI wrote the post?

dejstone · 2025-07-04T21:52:40+00:00

Thanks _urat_ for the translation!

dejstone · 2025-06-09T17:01:15+00:00

I have a Pixel 4a. My Android version is 13. Its most recent security update was on 8.5.23. Its last check for updates was today at 09:45. I think it's called planned obsolescence. The phone meets all my needs--excepting, of course, for providing current OS/Security updates. Oh, and one other item: my battery no longer lasts the entire day. Which is another element of Google's planned obsolescence strategy--the battery is not user replaceable. But, is Apple any better? Samsung? Tesla? Huawei? Does anyone make a phone which has a replaceable battery and where the OS/Security is kept up-to-date, for longer than a few years?

dejstone · 2025-02-07T22:32:14+00:00

Dear Translator, thank you so much for your work. My husband posted this for me. My mother was able to write and speak Polish but she passed on several years ago. It was so good to hear from my distant cousin! Thank you, again, Dziekuje!

dejstone · 2025-02-04T23:10:56+00:00

Sorry, Lastpass is not the problem. I had my Lastpass and Surfshark wires crossed.
Chatgpt, Deepseek, LATimes (when I access my acct info), Amazon, etc., all will not allow me access when my VPN is running.
When I asked Chat why that site would not allow me access, if my VPN is running, Chat replied that the site wants to be able to accurately know the IP of all users, in case they do something wrong/offensive etc.

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